Means for attaching clips to pens, etc.



Feb-13,1940- A. w. SCHONEBERGER 2,

MEANS FOR ATTACHING CLIPS TO PENS, ETC

Filed July 28, 1957 INVENTOR. Arthur M Jcfzofleberyer BYPatentedFeb.13,194O i 139 953 nnns nrro: r V in t ate? w. snitiie ergn;omimia i. oiiioi 3 This invention relates to clips and-more particuare inserted in the slots 1. The pressure on the larly to clips adaptedto be used on the capsfdf body portion is thenereleased and the edges 5i fountain pens and the like. i l andffigflpreferably sharpened, digintothe cap Theprincipal object of my inventii is to' material 8' andsecurelyanchor the clip thereto a wide a self-anchoring clipfor-use(in-the ca peras shown in Fig's.2, a and e.

tions of fountain pens andothe writing-me If desired, the transversewidth of the turned merits. 1 l iovver ends-otthenariees hayb'e'slightiyin excess Another object of my invention is to provide a of the width ofthe pockets I, whereby, upon self-anchoring clip for use on the cap?portions p ss 0r rc t e turned e portion of 10 of fountain pens and thelike which is adapted to the flanges, against the bottoms of thepockets, 10

be quickly and economically attached to said cap. the free, ends of theflanges, such as 5 in Fig. 2,

A further object of my invention is to provide are caused to turn outSlightly an th s Securely a simple device wherein by novel construction,a p t e side walls. of the pock tse WaIISOf clip maybe attached'to a capwithout the use of the P c s in the y of the p are P s 5 rivets orbrads. i ably parallel, and the free ends 5 of the clip With the aboveand other objects in View, the flanges engage pp e y d p s d Walls of sad invention consists in general of certainnovel de p sy pp s d pp s ydisposed tails of construction and combination of parts p Wa s, s ant tat the u rm p t hereinafter fully described, illustrated. in the ac- Wals d 2| are used when the freeends of 20 companying drawing, and broadlyclaimed, the flanges are turned outward as shown in Figs. 20

In the accompanying drawing, like characters 2 and 4', Whereas theinturned ee en s of the of reference indicate like parts in the several"clip fla h wn n- 3, r p the innermost views, and: pocket walls 22 and23. a The gripping action is Fig. 1 is a plan view of my inv ntiapproximately the same in both forms of the in- 25 Fig. 2 is a crosssection on the line A-A of Vehtien- I i i i i 5 Fig. 1, The clip ispreferably made of material having Fig. 3 is a section of a modificationof my inherentspring characteristics, whereby t0 auginvention, ment thegripping, action of the ends of the Fig. 4 is a section of anothermodification of flanges. i my invention, The foregoing detaileddescription has been Fig. 5 is a perspective view of my invention, andgiven for deafness of understanding 3! d Fig, 6 is a similar vie f amodification of my no unnecessary limitations should be understoodinvention. therefrom, but it should be construed as broadly In theembodiment of my invention as shown as Permissible in View Of the p t- 5in the present drawing, there is provided a clip The areuate c osectional contour of the p made of metal or other suitablemateriahhaving y, together With the inherent Spring c ara convex shapedbody portion I, a tail portion 2, acteris'tics of the material fromwhich same is terminating in a ball 3. The edgesof the convex made,augments the r pp a tion of the free body portion are downwardly bent toform downends O the flanges h the Walls Of t pockets. 40 wardlyextending flanges 4, the edgesof which s grip Contact may e nicely o ted by 40 i are outwardly curved to form a U-shaped edge5; S0 Spacing thePockets th a Slight cting or bent as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 or inwardlybent expanding 0f e fl n 18 required n ent to as shown in Figs. 3, 5,and 6, t form harp insertion thereof into the pockets, thus placing theV-shaped edges 5 as shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, a d 6, body of the clipunder tension or strain that may If desired, the edge 5 may be providedwith teeth be utilized for maintaining the b of the flange 45' orserrations 6 to firmly anchor the clip in the p pocket slots 1 of thefountain pen cap 8; What is claimed is: i

In attachingmy improved clip to the cap por- The Comb ation W t a yhaving a Pa r tion of "a fountain pen or the like, a plurality of ofspaced pockets, each of which pockets comparallel slots], are out orformed in the cap 8, pr s. a We that s, Su stantially parallel with 50the cap being made of any suitable material such a Wall of the otherpocket, of a clip comprising a as vulcanized rubber, pyroxalin, or asynthetic resilient body extending between the pockets and resin, suchas the product known as Bakelite. being arcuate in cross section, andflanges carried The edges of the body portion, are laterally comatopposite ends of and extending from the arcupressed and the downwardlyextending flanges 4 ate portion of the'body, the flanges extending 55into the pockets andgrippingmeans on each of said flanges, comprisingretrovertive sharp edged portions engaging the said parallel walls andheld in gripping contact upon said walls incident to the spring tensionof the arcuate portion of said clip, tending to move the gripping meansin the directions of the respective parallelwalls contacted by saidgripping means.

' 2. The combination with a body having a plurality of spacedpocketseach of which pockets comprises a wall susceptible to partialpenetration by a sharp object, of a clip comprising a resilient bodyportion extending across the pockets, and a plurality of spaced flanges,one for each pocket, extending from the body portion ofthe clip in asubstantially common direction of extension, the spacing betweensaidflanges beingunlike the spacing between the pockets so as to requireflexing of the body portion to enable in,

pockets, the walls of the pockets being substantially parallel, of aclip comprisinga body portion extending between the pockets and havingflanges at its opposite sides extending away from the clip body, eachflange terminating in an upturned pocket wall engaging free edge bentback from said flange portion towards the body portion of said clip, thehorizontal distance from each flange to its free upturned edge beinggreater than'lthe width of an individual pocket so as to place eachflange under tension when introduced into its pocket and so that theupturned edge of "each flange is urged into the walls of its pocket uponattempted removal of said flange from said lpocket.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a fountain pen clip comprising abody portion and a tail portion,'a pairof downwardly projecting parallelprongs continuous with and extending down- Wardly from opposite sides ofsaid body, the end of each flange terminating in a self-anchoring lipturned back in reverse direction to the general direction of extensionof the flange from the clip body, the lateral edge of each lip beingserrated and sharpened to facilitate independent anchora e o. a u porARTHUR. W. SCHONEBERGER.

